Glazier&#39;s tool.



No. 736,741. 1 PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903.

- L. J. KLEMM.

GLAZIERS TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1903.

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PATENT LAWVRENCE J. KLEMM, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO E. J. ANDLER, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

@GLAZIERS TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 736,741, dated August18, 1903.

Application filed February t, 1903 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE J. KLEMM, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGlaziers Tools, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inglaziers tools, and relates more particularly to an improvement inputty-knives, the invention having for its main object to construct aputty-knife having separate tools mounted in the handle thereof in sucha manner that they may be operated so as to be brought into position foruse and when not desired for use may be closed within the knife with oneof said tools forming a part of the handle when in its closed position.

Briefly described, the invention comprises nary putty-knife blade. Inthis handle is mounted a combined chisel and hammer so arranged that itmay be swung outwardly from the rear end of the handle and locked in theextended position for use. When this chisel and hammer is in the closedposition, it forms a part of the handle and is locked in the extended oropen position and in the closed position by the same locking means.Mounted in the opposite side of the handle is a knife-blade which isalso adapted to be swung out toward the rear end of the handle, wherethe same may be used when desired.

My invention will be hereinafter more fully described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims, and in describing the inventionin detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicatelike parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a planview of my improved glaziers tool, showing the knife-blade partiallyopen. Fig. 2 isa like view of the reverse side of the tool, showing oneside member or section of the handle removed. Fig. 3 is an edge Viewwith a part of the handle in section, showing the locking-bar in outwardSerial No. 141,808. (No model.)

position. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the handle, showing the combinedchisel and hammer partially opened. Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 4.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates 53 the blade of theputty-knife, which may be of the ordinary form employed in knives ofthis character. The shank of this blade is embraced by the two sidemembers of the handle, the fastening means for said side mem- 6o herspassing through said shank of the blade.

I may in practice construct both sides of the handle of metal, or I mayconstruct the one side thereof of wood or other material lighter thanmetal and the other side of metal. The side member 2 of the handle ismade in one piece and is spaced away from the one side of theputty-knife shank by the knife-spring 3, secured to said knife-shank bythe rivet L and by the securing-screw 5. In the space between the innerface of the member 2 and the one side of the knife-shank is mounted aknife-blade 6, carried on the screw or pin 7 and provided with the heel8 for engagement with the knife-spring to limit the closing action ofthe knife-blade 6. This knife when opened out into alinement with thehandle Will be held byengagement against the spring 3. The opposite sideof the handle is made in two members or sections, the member or section9 being rigidly secured in position by the screws 5 while the member orsection 10 is pivotally mounted on the screw or pin 7 and is adapted toswing on said pin or screw so as to be moved outwardly to the rear ofthe 5 handle in position for use. This section or member 10 is providedwith the beveled inner end 11, forming the chisel, and said section ormember is provided throughout its upper face with a gain or groove l2,which is adapted to receive the spring-pressed locking-bar 14, whichholds the member 10 both in the open and closed positions. Thislocking-bar 14 is provided on its under side at the outer end with acutaway portion or notch 15, whereby to produce a finger-catch, by meansof which the locking-bar may be elevated in order to permit the openingand closing movement of the member 10. The inner end of the section ormember 9 is cut at an angle conforming to the beveled end of the sectionor member 10, whereby said ends will match neatly together when thesection or member is closed; The locking-bar 14 is pivotally mounted ona pin 16, extended through the section or member 9, and this bar is atall times under the tension of the spring 17, seated in the recess inthe section or member 9, and which may, if desired, be held by the pin18. The beveled outer end of the section or member 9 is bifurcated,whereby to receive the inner end of the locking-bar 14 and permit thesame being pivoted by means of the pin 16. When the device is to be usedas a putty-knife, both the chisel and the knife blade are adapted to beclosed within the handle, and when either of the other devices are to beused they may be opened outwardly to the rear of the handle intopositionfor use. The chisel member 10 when in the closed position formsa part of the handle, and when in the open position it may be used notonly for a chisel but as a hammer, which may be advantageously used forthe driving of glaziers 'points and the like.

To operate the chisel member, it is only necessary to elevate the outerend of the locking-bar so as to remove the same from the groove in themember 10, at which time the said member may be swung around either tothe extended or to the closed position.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv 1. A device of the type set forthcomprising a blade, a handle comprising two side members, one of saidside members consisting of a rigid part and a second part pivoted to theopposite side member, a pivoted lockingbar and a spring normallypressing upon said locking-bar, substantially as described.

2. A combination putty-knife and chisel, comprising a blade, a handlesecured thereto, a pivoted member forming part of one side of saidhandle, two rigid members forming part of said handle, said pivotedmember being secured to one of the rigid members and means for holdingthe pivoted member in closed and open position, substantially asdescribed.

3. A handle embodying two side members, one of said side members made intwo parts one of which is rigidly affixed to the opposite side member,and the other of said members being pivoted to the opposite side member,and means for holding the pivoted side member or section inthe open orclosed position.

4. A handle consisting of a side member 2, and a member embodyingsections or members 9 and 10, the section or member 9 rigidly secured tothe section or member 2 and the section or member 10 pivoted to thesection or member 2, said section or member 10 having a groove in itsouter face, and a lockingbar carried by the member 9, for engagement insaid groove, as and for the purpose described.

5. A device of the type set forth, comprising a knife-handle consistingof a pair of rigid side members secured together, a pivoted bladecarried by one of said members, a pivoted member adapted to form a partof the side of said handle secured to one of the rigid members, alocking-bar for said pivoted member and spring means adapted to pressagainst said bar, substantially as described.

6. A knife-handle made in three pieces two of which are rigidly securedtogether, and the other of which is pivoted to one of the rigid members,means for holding the pivoted member in the closed and opened position,and a knife-blade pivoted to one of the rigid members, substantially asdescribed.

7. Aknife-handle embodyinga pair of rigid side members connectedtogether, a knifeblade pivoted to one of said members, a pivoted chiselmember, and a springpressed locking-bar for holding the chisel member inthe extended and closed positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LAWRENCE J. KLEMM.

Witnesses:

EDW. J. ANDLER, A. M. WILSON.

